Today in the 1770s: December 2

WILLIAMSBURG, December 2, 1776.
Lost, on Tuesday the 26th of November, between Jamestown and Mrs. Starke's of this Place, a Pair of BLACK SADDLE BAGS with a small Brass Padlock, containing ruffled and plain Shirts, Cambrick Stocks, a Pair of Worsted Stockings, and a dark Ground spotted Handkerchief marked AM. Whoever will give Intelligence of these or deliver the same to Mrs. Starke, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward.
ALEXANDER MOSELEY.

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Alexander Moseley was a merchant, patriot, and government official from Norfolk who lost these items on his way to Williamsburg possibly for the interment of Peyton Randolph on November 26th at Wren Chapel.

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Intended to provide a glimpse into the breadth of subject matter in the Gazette, excerpts from the 18th-century Virginia Gazette have been chosen for every day of the year and annotated by staff of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library.

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